Big Spender (2003)
Having been in trouble with the law many times throughout his life, Eddie Burton (Casper Van
Dien) realizes that he could be risking what matters most in his life - his relationship with his
young son, Will. As part of a prison work release program, Eddie finds himself at a horse farm
and sees it as an outlet to his problems. When a former world-class racehorse named Big
Spender arrives at the farm, Eddie's new life goes into a dramatic spiral. Big Spender has since
become the victim of an abusive owner once he stopped winning races. In fact, he has been left
for dead and has lost the drive to live, much less win any race. Now it is Eddie's responsibility to
nurse the horse back to good health and hopefully turn him into the champion he once was. In the
process, a rather unlikely and loving relationship between man and horse is born. Based on a
true story.
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Born To The Saddle (1953)
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A young man goes to work training horses for a rancher he suspects played a part in his father's
death. But the young man's suspicions are curtailed when he becomes friendly with the rancher.
Chuck Courtney, Donald Woods, Leif Erickson and Karen Morley star; directed by William "One
Shot" Beaudine. 70 min.
Brighty of the
Grand Canyon
The Red Fury
Spirit – Stallion of the Cimarron
Breaking Free (1995)
When troubled, cynical teen Rick (Jeremy London) chooses service at a camp for the blind over
serving time at a correctional facility, he thinks he's found the easy way out. Instead, it's the way
to a new life. Friendship. Step by step, as Rick helps a blinded gymnast rediscover the joys of
competition through equestrian show jumping, they begin to take control of the most important
journey of all... a journey called life.
Casey's Shadow (1978)
Walter Matthau is a poor Cajun horse
trainer attempting to bring up his
three sons all alone. His horse,
Casey's Shadow, named after his
youngest son, is set to run in the rich
quarter-horse event at New Mexico's
Ruidoso track. When the horse is
injured, Matthau nurses the horse
back to health in record time.
Champions (1983)
In 1979 Bob Champion (John Hurt),
one of England's most successful
jockeys, is diagnosed as having
cancer and is given only eight
months to live. Through
chemotherapy and extraordinary will
power, however, he conquers the
disease and makes a victorious
comeback, winning the 1981 Grand
National Steeplechase. True story.
The horse that Champion actually
rode, Aldaniti, "plays" itself, and a
few of the actors are real-life track
people too.
Touching Wild Horses (2002)
Heartfelt drama focuses on a 12year-old boy who is sent to live with
his aunt on a beautiful island
following the death of his family in an
accident.Quickly becoming
enamored with the wild horses that
populate his new home, the young
man cares for a motherless colt while
bonding with his new guardian and
dealing with his loss. Jane Seymour,
Charles Martin Smith, Mark Rendall
star. 92 min. motion a shattering
chain of events. With Lauren Bacall,
Paul Bettany, Jean-Marc Barr, Philip
Baker Hall. 177 min.
Coyote Summer (1996)
A maladjusted teenage city girl is
sent to her aunt's ranch for the
summer while her single mom is on a
lengthy business trip in London. Her
newfound love of a wild horse helps
her learn important life lessons.
Danny (1977)
A young girl has faith in the
championship abilities of a seemingly
washed-up horse.
Dark Horse (1992)
When a horrifying accident destroys
her new found world of horses,
brought on by community service
work, a young trouble-making girl
turns her back on the world until a
special horse enters her life.
Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story
(2005) Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a
great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer
were now being wasted on making other
men’s fortunes. Sonya was a great horse
whose promising future on the racetrack was
suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken
leg. Considered as good as dead to her
owner, who also happens to be Ben’s boss,
Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay,
along with his walking papers. Now, it will
take the unwavering faith and determination
of Ben’s young daughter, Cale (Dakota
Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls
together in a quest for a seemingly
impossible goal: to win the Breeders’ Cup
Classic.
The Electric Horseman (1979)
Fallen rodeo star (Robert Redford)
reduced to hawking breakfast food,
rescues beloved horse from Vegas
promoters and heads out to the
desert to free him. A reporter (Jane
Fonda) follows the story and falls for
Redford.
The Man From Snowy
River (1982)
After his father's death,
young Jim Craig leaves his
home in the Snowy River
valley to work for a wealthy
landlord, who happens to be
the estranged brother of
Jim's mentor, a grizzled old
prospector. While fighting to
earn his spurs by breaking a
herd of wild horses, Jim falls
in love with his employer's
spunky daughter.
Flash (1997)
Connor dreams of owning Flash and
saves his money although he is poor.
When the horse falls into the hands
of a cruel man, Connor tries to save
him.
A Horse For Danny (1995)
An eleven-year-old girl and her horse
trainer father set their sights on a
potential champion and wind up in
the midst of a bitter political struggle
in this inspirational family drama.
Horse Crazy (2001)
A ten-year-old boy who loves horses
sneaks a ride with his big brother to
Nevada, where the older sibling has
found work at a ranch. The younger
boy soon makes friends with two
local kids his own age, and from
them he hears the legend of a
remarkable wild stallion named "The
General." When the kids learn that a
pack of horse rustlers have come to
town to capture the General, the
children decide it's their duty to catch
the mustang first so no harm will
come to him.
Hidalgo (2004)
The Middle East meets the Wild
West in this rousing actioner, loosely
based on the life of 19th-century
American cowboy Frank T. Hopkins.
When he's invited to participate in
the Ocean of Fire, a 3,000-mile horse
race through the Arabian desert, the
down-and-out Hopkins (Viggo
Mortensen) and his mustang,
Hidalgo, find themselves competing
for a $10,000 prize against some of
the world's finest horses and most
accomplished riders. Zuleikha
Robinson, J.K. Simmons, and Omar
Sharif co-star. 136 min. Widescreen
(Enhanced)
(1998)
Robert Redford directs this
compelling story of 14-year-old
Grace MacLean (Scarlett
Johansson), who is emotionally and
physically scarred after suffering a
terrible accident while riding her
prized horse, Pilgrim. Desperate to
help her daughter, Grace's mother,
Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas), a highpowered magazine editor, launches
an all-out campaign to find a horse
whisperer, someone with a unique
gift for curing troubled horses. She
learns of Tom Booker (Redford), who
works to rebuild all the lives
shattered by the accident. Love
blossoms between the horseman
and the uprooted sophisticate,
resulting in unexpected
consequences. The film was based
on the popular novel by Nicholas
Evans.
In Pursuit Of Honor (1995) DVD
In the early 1900s, U.S. Cavalry officers Don
Johnson and Craig Sheffer are assigned to lead to
their death 500 horses deemed obsolete. After
they witness the slaughter of the first 100 animals,
the officers face court-martial and possible death
by trying to save the remaining horses. Gabrielle
Anwar, Rod Steiger co-star in this exciting, basedon-fact tale. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks:
English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish mono,
French stereo; Subtitles: English, French,
Spanish; biographies.
King of the Stallions (1999)
A renegade horse leads a group of horses away
from the main herd. The white men accuse the
Indians of stealing the horses, but the Indians
know better. They know the black stallion is the
leader of the horses and to control him is to
control the herd. Nobody is successful in taming
the wild beast until two banished Indians come
along. Together they win over the respect of the
black stallion, their tribe, and get to the bottom of
a horse theft scheme. This fast paced story will
keep you guessing who is the true "King of the
Stallions."
King of the Wind (1993)
The story of an Arab boy whose devotion to his
Arabian stallion leads him to adventure and
sadness. Also shows the infant stages of the
thoroughbred breed. Based on Marguerite Henry's
book.
The Long Shot (2004)
Can a Blind Horse and an Injured Rider Make a
Winning Combination? Julie Benz (Angel) stars
with four-time OSCAR® nominee Marsha Mason
(The Goodbye Girl) and Golden Globe winner
Paul Le Mat (The Burning Bed) in this uplifting
family drama. Newly relocated to California, Annie
Garrett (Benz) is left by her hot-tempered
husband, with a young daughter and a horse to
support, so she needs someplace to live and to
work. She finds both at the stable where Mary Lou
O’Brian (Mason) hires her and barn manager
Guido Levits (Le Mat) befriends her, but the
biggest challenge for Annie has yet to come.
The Lost Stallions (2003)
A group of friends sets out to find four lost horses
and ends up finding each other.
Misty (of Chincoteague)
(1961)
From Marguerite Henry's award
winning novel, Misty of
Chincoteauge. A warm-hearted
tale of two children on an island off
the Virginia coast who fall in love
with a beautiful wild horse, and
raise money to buy her.
Running Free (1999)
The story of Lucky, a colt who is
born in 1914 and finds himself
abandoned in the harsh climate of
Africa. He is befriended by a small
stable boy, but finds himself on
another difficult journey when war
forces the townspeople away.
Eventually, he finds himself back in
his adopted hometown, where he
reunites with Beauty, a mare with
whom he fell in love as a foal.
Beautiful cinematography sparks
this heartwarming dramatic
adventure.
Seabiscuit (2003)
Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling
nonfiction novel comes to life
with this spectacular big-screen
adaptation.Set in the 1930s,
SEABISCUIT weaves its story
around three men who turned a
seemingly untamable horse into
a bona fide champion.
Second Chances (1998)
Based on a true story, the
uplifting tale of a little girl's
physical and emotional
reawakening after a car crash
claims her father and her spirit.
The accident leaves 10-yearsold Sunny Mathews (played by
award winning child actress
Kelsey Mulrooney) unable to
walk without crutches.
Miraculously, things begin to
change when Sunny and her
mother Kathleen (Isabel
Glasser) move next door to a
horse ranch run by one-time
rodeo star Ben Taylor (Tom
Amandes). Sunny's recovery
begins as she develops an
affinity for Ben, and a love for a
mean-spirited, crippled horse
named Ginger.
Shergar (1999)
Shergar is based on the true
story of a champion race horse,
abducted by IRA terrorists, then
rescued by an orphaned boy.
The Silver Stallion: King
of the Wild Brumbies
(1993)
Based on Elyne Mitchell's book
about a clever and beautiful
brumby stallion that legends
are made of. Amazing and
breathtaking horses and
scenery.
Virginia's Run (2002)
When Virginia's favorite horse
gives birth to a special colt, she
sees her dream of competing in
the Memorial Day 50 Mile
Endurance Race.
The Wild Pony (1983)
Twelve-year-old Christopher is
resentful when his mother marries
the man who was responsible for
the mishap that accidentally killed
his father. Christopher becomes
withdrawn and turns for comfort to
a wild black pony that runs through
the valley. His mother looks on this
relationship with disfavour, until the
horse saves Christopher's life--an
act of devotion that surprises the
whole family and brings them
closer together.
Wind Dancer (1999)
When a young girl is restricted to a
wheelchair from a horse riding
accident, her widowed father turns
to a beautiful therapist whom has
found a unique approach to
physical therapy--which includes
assistance from some very special
animals. For the young girl and her
father, it will take a little faith in the
therapist and a lot of love from a
purebred horse named Wind
Dancer to lift their spirits. Winner of
the Worldfest Silver Award and
awarded the Family Channel Seal
of Approval, WIND DANCER is a
touching film for the entire family.